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S. MASON, Jr. 8v W. T. WHITEHEAD. MAOHINE'FOR DYEING AND BLEAGHING YARN.

No. 452,040. Patented May 1.2, 1891.

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MAGHINE FOR DYEING AND BLEAGHING YARN.

No. 452,040. Patented'May 12, 1891.

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MACHINE FOR DYEING AND BLEACHING YARN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,040, dated May 12, 1891.

Application filed December 2, 1889l Serial No. 332,262. (No model.) Patented in England September 29, 1888, No. 14,019 in France October 10, 1888, No. 193,454, and in Germany October 21, 1888, No. 48,051-

.To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL MASON, J r., of Manchester, and WILLIAM THOMAS WHITE- HEAD, of Radcliffe, in the county of Lancas- 5 ter, England, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Dyeing, Bleaching, and otherwise Treating Yarn in Cop, Bobbin, or other Compact Form, (for which we have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No.

14,019, dated September 29, 1888; in France,

No.193,454, dated October 10, 1888, and in Germany, No. 48,051, dated October 21,1888 of which the following is a specification.

I Our invention relates to machines for dyein g, bleaching, scouring, and otherwise treat ing yarns of cotton, silk, wool, worsted, or other animal or vegetable fibers in cop, bobbin, top, or other similar compact form, in

which the same are mounted on perforated injection tubes, skewers, or spindles, and the liquor is either drawn or forced through the same; and the objects of our improvements are, first, to provide a vertically-sliding hollow cop carrier or table adapted to be lowered into and out of a liquor-tank and to be brought into communication with a liquorpump and vacuum chamber or. source; second, to provide a cover furnished with valves and capable of being secured hermetically onto the vertically-sliding hollow cop carrier or table for the purpose of subjecting the cops to be treated to vacuum. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying two sheets of drawings, in

which Figure 1, Sheet I, is a side elevation of the apparatus, showing the liquor-tank and onehalf of the cop carrier or table and cover partly in section. Fig. 2 is a plan of the liquor-tank and cop carrier or table. Fig. 3, Sheet II, is a side elevation of a modification of our invention.

Similar letters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views.

a is the cop carrier or table, 0 is the framework, c' the base, d the liquor-tankJ the circulating'pump, and la the vacuum-chamber, of the'machine. 7

In connection with the liquor-tank d, the

inside of which is furnished with a division d to prevent the liquor from being agitated by the returning liquor, a cop carrier or table a, which in Fig. 1 is shown charged with cops, is employed and adapted to be lowered into and raised out ofthe same. This cop carrier or table a is cast hollow and its face formed 'with perforations a, into which are fixed the perforated injection tubes, skewers, or spindles o, carrying the cops ,0 to be treated either directly by providing the lower end of the perforated tube, skewer, or spindle ounderneath, its flange with an india-rubber ring to insure a tight fit, or indirectly by fitting hollow nipples into the perforations,

on which nipples the perforated tubes, skewers, or spindles 0, carrying the cops 0', are placed. The said cop carrier or tabled we form or furnish with a conduit or pipe I), which is in connection with the hollow part 7c a thereof-and a cylinder e, depending from the frame-work c, as shown in Fig, 1, Sheet I,

or from the bottom of the liquor-tank d of the machine, as shown in Fig. 3, Sheet II, where the carrier or table ais shown charged 7 5 with wool tops. In each case the conduit or pipe 6 is permitted to slide in the cylinder 6 through the stufling-box 6', formed on the latter.

The lowering and raising of the cop carrier or table a in and out of the liquor-tank d we effect preferably by means of the racks p, fixed to the cop carrier or table a, suitably guided and sliding in the frame-work c and in gear with pinions q, keyed on a shaft 1', mounted in bearings c on the frame-work c of the machine. Rotary and reversible motion are imparted to the aforesaid shaft 1", preferably, from the driving-shaft s of the circulating-pump i, mounted in bearings s, fixed to the frame-work c of the machine by means of a worm wheel t, fixed on the shaft 0", to which is geared the worm t, fixed on the driving-shaft 3. Motion is imparted to the latter reversibly by means of pulleys s fixed 9 5' thereon, and pulleys u, fixed on the second.- motion shaftu' of the circulating-pump e', and crossed and open straps s and s.

The reversing or stoppage of the rotation of the shaft rand descent orascent of the cop [O0 carrier or table aare effected automatically by means of an arm 1;, fixed adjustably onto one of the said racks or rods 19, which at the desired time and alternately comesinto contact with two levers p, fixed onto studs p mounted on the frame-work c. The levers 19' are connected together by means of a rod 19 the stud 19 of the upper one having attached a strap-fork p which actuates the aforesaid open and closed straps s 5 To the cylinder e is connected a conduit or pipef, which is furnished on each side of its connection therewith with a valve g and h, leading, respectively, to a circulating-pumpt' and vacuum-chamber 7c. The latter may either be connected to a vacuum-pump or the condenser of a steam-engine, where such is convenient, or other vacuum source by means of a pipe fitted to its top, the bottom thereof being furnished with a pipe Z and tap 70 in communication with the liquortank cl, the vacuunrchamber 70 serving also to receive any liquor drawn from the cops at intervals and return the same to the liquortan k (7.

To enable the cops to be treated under vacuum, a cover m is used in connection with the cop carrier or table a. This cover an preferably consists of a'hollow body provided at the top with valves n and made in shape to correspond with the configuration of the cop carrier or table a, the edges being formed V- shaped to drop and fit into grooves 10, formed in the face of the cop carrier or table a and fitted with rubber rings, by means of which and the use of wing nuts and bolts octhe said cover m can be fixed hermetically onto the cop carrier or table a.

Inside the cover m, below its valves 'n, a perforated disk 20' is employed, which serves to distribute the liquor over the cops on entering the cover m when secured to the cop carrier or table a and in the liquor-tank d on the valves n being opened. The cover an is arranged to be raised from and lowered onto the said cop carrier or table a, preferably by, means of chains z, running over pulleys z, fitted to the frame-work c and provided with balance weights 2 When treating wool-tops 0, (see Fig. 3, Sheet 11,) the perforated injection-tubes 0 are provided with a perforated,plate e on which theyare placed.

The operation of the machine is conducted as follows: The cop carrier or table a, when out of the liquor-tank d, is supplied with cops and then lowered into the liquid necessary for the intended treatment contained in the tank cl. The valve g, leading to the circulating pump 2', is opened and the latter set in motion. The liquor is then drawn through the cops into the hollow part a of the cop carrier or table a, up its conduit or pipe I),

through the cylinder 6 in communication therewith, and its conduit or pipe f, leading to the circulating-pump z, and returned by the latter and pipe Z connected therewith to the liquor-tank (Z. The operation is nowfinished. The aforesaid valve g is closed, the cop carrier or table araised out of the liquortank d by means of the said racksp and pinions q, and the valve h, leading to the vacuum-chamber k, is now opened and the vacuum-pnmp set in motion to extract the liquor from the cops, after which the machine is ready for another charge of cops to be treated.

If desired to treat under vacuum, the operation is conducted as follows: The cop carrier or table a is charged with cops and the aforesaid cover an lowered and secured thereto, as described. The Valve h, in communication with the vacuum-chamber k, is then opened and the vacuum-pump set in motion. After obtaining a vacuum the said valve h is closed and the covered cop carrier or table a lowered into the liquor in the tank d. The valves n of the said coverm are then opened, and the liquor is immediately permitted to flow into the same onto the aforesaid disk 10, which distributes the liquor onto the cops and so saturates the same. Simultaneously with this operation the valve g, leading to the circulating-pump 11, is opened, the lat-- ter setin motion, and the treatment continued as before described.

In treating wool-cops the cop carrier or table may be raised and lowered as often as required until the desired shade is obtained.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine for dyeing, bleaching, and otherwise treating yarn in cop, bobbin, or other compact form, the combination, with a liquor-tank d, having a return-pipe Z, leading to a circulating-pump i,'of ahollow perforated cop carrier or table a, adapted to be lowered into and raised out of the liquor-tank d, and having a conduit 1), the lower end of which is in communication with the hollow part a of the cop carrier or table a, and the upper end, by medium of the cylinder 6, with a suctionpipe f, leading to the circulating-pump 11 and vacuum-chamber 7c, and having two valves 9 and h, the valve g being adapted to establish comm unication between the circulating-pump 2' and liquid in the tank d while the cop carrier or table a is in the same, and the valve h to out off communication with the vacuum- -chamber 70 for the purpose of circulating the liquid through the cops o and thereby impregnating the same, substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine for dyeing, bleaching, and otherwise treating yarn in cop, bobbin, or other compact form, the combination, with a liquor-tank d, having a return-pipe Z, leading to a circulating-pu mp '6, of a hollow perforated cop carrier or table a, adapted to be lowered into and raised'out of the liquor-tank d, and having a conduit 19, the lower end of which is in communication with the hollow part a of the cop-carrier or table a, and the upperend, by medium of the cylinder e, with a suctionpipef, leading to the circulating-pump i and vacuum-chamber k, and having two valves g and h, the valve 72- being adapted to establish communication between the vacuum-chamber k and the hollow part a of the cop carrier or table a while out of the liquid-tank cl, and the valve g to cut oif communication with the same and the circulating-pump z" for the purpose of exhausting the superfluous liquor from the cops o, substantially as set forth.

3. In a machine for dyeing, bleaching, and otherwise treating yarn in cop, bobbin, or other compact form, the combination, with a hollow perforated cop carrier or table a, having a conduit 1), in communication with a suction-pipe f, furnished with valves 9 and h, and leading to a circulating-pumpz' and vacuumchamber is, of a cover m, with valves 72, adapted to be lowered and raised and hermetically se- SAMUEL MASON, JIL, l WILLIAM THOMAS WIII'IEHEAD.

Witnesses:

ALFRED BOSSHARDT, STANLEY EGERTON BRAMALL. 

